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Dear Diary
The lovely Utada Hikaru. She is so beautiful!! and I made her look evil. *sob* But I had a lot of fun with this one (my 6th) - I'm definitely learning to make them look less photorealistic (wow, never thought anybody would be caught dead saying that). x_x

Don't forget to scroll over! (:

Original image: http://www.kuroi.zetsuai.net/fallenhikari/pics/pic14.jpg

by Natalie > http://akirichan.net // September 25, 2005 // Photoshop CS2 - 472 layers, 16 hours
Submitted by Natalie on 25th September 2005.
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stars_destiny
14 May 06 - 09.50pm
stars_destiny
She looks more mischevious than evil! It looks so life-like but also a really pretty cartoon character!
Within Princess
24 Mar 06 - 11.40pm
Within Princess
Like this picture! So amazing...
aleks
8 Jan 06 - 04.51am
aleks
i just can say wooooooooooow
amyc22
6 Jan 06 - 04.25pm
that is awesome!! love it!
kayotee1
23 Dec 05 - 12.18pm
i dont normally like the dark goth/wampyre pics...probably the blood and overt goulish melodrama that typically accompanies them. This however, (irregardless of whether it was your intention or not) fills me with a deep seated urge to wander dark new orleans alleys and haunted plantations in hopes of having my naked neck suckled with a voracity and passion heretofore unknown to mankind. lol ok maybe thats a bit much but i honestly shivered (the good kind) once upon glancing up at her.

p.s. follow your art as i know you will. an artists career covers many styles and moods and each compliments the next. Robert Frost perhaps said it best when he 'painted this portrait of a certain road in a certain wood.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

you will of course excuse the length of my admiration. ;-p it is well spent and infinitely well meant.
atropos
20 Dec 05 - 09.48pm
atropos
I love it. It has a--correct me if i' wrong-- sort of gothic feel to it. I want that dress. XD Btw, love the eyes!
cheers!
Ashlee
17 Dec 05 - 09.57pm
I just loove your vexels!
Exelent job!
vt
25 Nov 05 - 06.26am
you know what you should do? die. because you're too talented to be alive. lol its so beautiful there are no words to describe it.
xJOJO
22 Nov 05 - 07.15pm
xJOJO
Even if the eyes are a little bright for the background and face it's lovely! ;D
Ksusha
13 Nov 05 - 06.04pm
Wow.
grace
12 Nov 05 - 05.14pm
=o amazing =]
freedom_fighter_one
12 Nov 05 - 03.47pm
freedom_fighter_one
Looking at your vexels makes me sad, because they're so AWESOME! Gah!
okiexxdokie
26 Oct 05 - 04.21am
okiexxdokie
the details......are amazingly detailed........
northernbell
24 Oct 05 - 04.57pm
that is BEYOND creepy!
so very creepy!
Just the color you choose compliments that dark background so well.
I love it.
and I love the text at the bottom.
Penguiniee
21 Oct 05 - 09.35pm
Natalie!!! Guess where Alex is commenting from?! The library at out very own school, so finally i can comment on how gorgeously gorgeous your vexels are and how i am such a failure at it and yours are soooo Pwetty!!!!!!! Loves you!
Trinidadhunni
18 Oct 05 - 09.39pm
Trinidadhunni
There
Is
No
Way
This is a Vector. :| *dies*
Fantasized Dreamer
6 Oct 05 - 01.35am
Fantasized Dreamer
WOW nat!! i love this one too lol, yeah her eyes look kinda evil haha but it's soo good! you are so talented!! <3
viper456
2 Oct 05 - 09.51am
viper456
thats damn kool!!! Excellent work :)
Chaos
1 Oct 05 - 08.45pm
Wow. This is awesome. I love the eyes. they seem a little bit.. demonic. lol. U did a really great job on this. =]
Manda
29 Sep 05 - 11.36pm
Manda
beautiful! So is utade =D Too big to see at once but i love it
Karin
29 Sep 05 - 07.35pm
You are my idol :D
crystalmoon
29 Sep 05 - 01.11am
crystalmoon
it's beautiful, though unless you yourself don't enjoy it I would not give up your previous style. I adored your self portrait in all it's realisticness :D
cassie88
28 Sep 05 - 09.35pm
whoaaaa!
tunerchiq
26 Sep 05 - 08.40pm
You're fantastic...!!!!!!!!!
magdah
26 Sep 05 - 09.13am
i dont like the eyes but this pic is awsome!!
blackbeauty
26 Sep 05 - 04.19am
instead of me favoritin your whole gallery,i put you on my watchlist because you are just talented....and you dont have to change the way you do your vexels for anybody...if you like them to look "photorealistic" then you should do them like that...i love when vexels look realistic...you're one of my fave artists on here..
sillybluemushroom
25 Sep 05 - 11.23pm
OMFFFFFFG! This looks like a freakin photo!!!! amazing, yo!
vernalkiss
25 Sep 05 - 07.46pm
WOWOWOWOW. your skin shading is always perfect. heh, nice eyes reminds me of a cat somehow but it's still beautiful:)
MindlessLeftie
25 Sep 05 - 07.16pm
MindlessLeftie
OH......WOW........
monica
25 Sep 05 - 06.09pm
monica
OH MY GOSH! Simply amazing! <3 I love the off-skin tone, I've always wanted to know how to do that. You've definitely mastered it.
Sana
25 Sep 05 - 05.56pm
wow, awesome.. I thought this was airbrushed when i saw it!
4evagurl
25 Sep 05 - 04.31pm
4evagurl
wow sooooo realstic!!! Beautiful job!!!
Turp
25 Sep 05 - 04.29pm
Turp
Those clothes are awesome.
Zenith
25 Sep 05 - 04.24pm
Zenith
Absolutely beautiful!
shelley
25 Sep 05 - 03.52pm
shelley
Ahhh, Utada! <3.

I LOVE this picture, and how you vexeled it! Amazing.
CAREohLYNN
25 Sep 05 - 03.46pm
it's so beautiful
coco
25 Sep 05 - 03.19pm
It's just 2 realistick ><" Just wanna have you're talent ><"
LITHIUMcandles
25 Sep 05 - 03.05pm
LITHIUMcandles
Gorgeous, as usual. Though I agree with Shado about the eyes.
Hey?! Whens that tutorial coming out so we can be just as good as you, eh?! Teehee just joking XD
Shado
25 Sep 05 - 02.26pm
superb, changing the colour of her eye's was a master stroke it's completely altered the mood of the whole picture, a very skillful piece of work :)
Annette07
25 Sep 05 - 02.10pm
Annette07
I actually love this one more than your photorealistic ones =D I was going to point that out before I even read the description that it looks.. more stylistic (I guess that's what you would call it? LOL) I especially love the hair though ^_^
Liz
25 Sep 05 - 01.22pm
Liz
Yayyyy, it's another breathtaking Natalie vexel! *favorites*
angelica86
25 Sep 05 - 12.15pm
angelica86
Awesome!! Her eyes looks a bit like those Siths going in to the dark side, but hey, i really loved it!
Mattness
25 Sep 05 - 11.47am
Mattness
Amazing.. really really good. =]
scorpio
25 Sep 05 - 11.15am
scorpio
This is amazing! You sooo should make a tutorial! Your vexels are awesome. I love the eyes in this one
Andrea
25 Sep 05 - 10.51am
Andrea
Wow.. that is so beautiful. I kinda knew this was yours before I saw your name.. I'm definitely faving this one. :) I love how you made her eyes and lips stand out!
marta
25 Sep 05 - 09.43am
marta
It's really beautiful, you're so good that's nor fair! :P joking ofc ;)
b0o
25 Sep 05 - 09.37am
b0o
why the f** are u so good wow i love ur style its fricken awesome :)
starla
25 Sep 05 - 09.20am
What the crap.. You just keep getting better and better, and it's only your 6th. x.X I love your work to pieces. The only thing about this one is her eyes look fiery.. Like she's about to attack someone. xP
Liet
25 Sep 05 - 09.09am
Liet
Why do you want to make your vexels less photorealistic? o.o I love this, though. You're one of my most favorite vexel artists.
Reply from
Aww thank you so much! ^^ As far as your question... most people like vexels to look realistic, but not to the point that they're like this: http://www.vexels.net/vexels/1970 - heh. :) So I'm trying to find a happy medium.

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